Top Executive at Two of Huawei’s Business Groups Dies Suddenly

The president of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s carrier and enterprise business groups has died, temporarily leaving the two major revenue sources of the Chinese telecom giant rudderless amid U.S. sanctions.

Ding Yun died on Friday morning at the age of 53 after a “sudden illness,” the Shenzhen-based company said in a brief statement the same day. He was also a deputy chairman of its supervisory board.